Every now and then, usually after a real downpour, we hear that the wastewater plant has discharged some raw sewage in the bay. Raw Sewage in the Bay?
I propose that we do what we have to do to make that NEVER happen again. The no emission project will not only clean up our water but it will also generate a few jobs.
This is to say nothing of the rude jokes that seem to circulate about Sarasota every now and then. Toilet Water at the Beach?
It seems to me that a holding tank sufficient to contain twice the largest overflow we have ever had would be a good starting point.
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Monday, January 19, 2009
Once there were Brownfields . . .
I have always been a minimal lifestyle person. I get my stuff as hand-me-downs, garage sales, closeouts and clearances. If I have to shop a store I try Wal-Mart first. However, it is a ten mile trip to Wal-Mart no matter how you do it.
I was excited to think that there was going to be a Wal-Mart super center on Dr. Martin Luther King at 301. However, the plan fell through and the super center went somewhere else.
It was bad for me because I had been wanting to shop there. It was even worse for the 400 plus Sarasota people who had wanted to work there.
The deal fell through because the city-owned land used to be a dump, and is now a "Brownfield" - someplace that harbors some pollution, but is not bad enough to qualify for "Superfund" remediation. Rats!
In my jobs proposal I suggest that we clean up EVERY Brownfield in town, just in case someone wants to develop something there that will open up 400 plus jobs. Let's be ready.
We don't have to do the clean up in the most expensive way possible. A lot of soil pollution can be removed at a relatively low cost by planting vegetation that will draw the pollution into the individual plant's bodies and then disposing of the vegetation as biomass for ethanol production or as hazardous waste. Since this might take a few years we should start now.
I was excited to think that there was going to be a Wal-Mart super center on Dr. Martin Luther King at 301. However, the plan fell through and the super center went somewhere else.
It was bad for me because I had been wanting to shop there. It was even worse for the 400 plus Sarasota people who had wanted to work there.
The deal fell through because the city-owned land used to be a dump, and is now a "Brownfield" - someplace that harbors some pollution, but is not bad enough to qualify for "Superfund" remediation. Rats!
In my jobs proposal I suggest that we clean up EVERY Brownfield in town, just in case someone wants to develop something there that will open up 400 plus jobs. Let's be ready.
We don't have to do the clean up in the most expensive way possible. A lot of soil pollution can be removed at a relatively low cost by planting vegetation that will draw the pollution into the individual plant's bodies and then disposing of the vegetation as biomass for ethanol production or as hazardous waste. Since this might take a few years we should start now.
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